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Gene vaccine for Alzheimer's disease shows promising results

UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallasresearchers have found a way of stimulating the immune systems of miceto fight against amyloid proteins that cause the devastating plaquesthat are characteristic of Alzheimer's disease.For years scientists have examined the possibility of using aprotein-based vaccine to slow the progression of the disease in itsearly stages. UT Southwestern researcher...

Roche clinical trial registry and results database launched

Within only three months after deciding to create an electronic database, Roche is launching a public clinical trial registry and results database using an independent host, CenterWatch. On www.roche-trials.com information on Roche’s clinical trials can be accessed by anyone, anywhere, with no password restrictions. This site is designed to give patients and healthcare providers ready access to i...

Rhesus monkeys can assess the visual perspective of others when competing for food

Researchers Jonathan Flombaum and Dr. Laurie Santos, both from Yale University, have found that rhesus monkeys consider whether a competitor can or cannot see them when trying to steal food. Working with semi-free-ranging rhesus monkeys on the island of Cayo Santiago in Puerto Rico, Flombaum and Santos set up a food competition game: Lone monkeys were approached by two human "competitors....

Diabetic nerve therapy shows 'striking' results

Research into a new treatment for nerve damage caused by diabetes could bring relief to millions of diabetic patients, say experts. The treatment might also reduce the number of amputations of toes and feet if early effects on nerve protection and regeneration are borne out long-term. Nerve disease in diabetes is the major cause of non-traumatic lower limb amputations in Europe and North...

Newly recognized gene mutation may reduce seeds, resurrect plants

A mutated plant that seems to return from the dead may hold the secret to how some flora protect their progeny during yield-limiting drought and other stresses, according to Purdue University scientists whose study of the plant led to discovery of a gene. The gene, called RESURRECTION1 (RST1), has revealed a previously unknown genetic connection between lipid development and embryo develop...

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Rhesus Monkey IFN Alpha from PBL InterferonSource

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StemSep Rhesus CD4+ T Cells, 2 mL Kit from StemCell Technologies, Inc.

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Frozen Tissue Section Panel - Monkey (Rhesus) Normal Tissue, Multi-tissue I from BioChain

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Effects of Thermal Cycler Well-To-Well Temperature Uniformity on PCR Results

Michelle Cayouette Jane Moores Jason Capodanno Michael Rahilly Stratagene produces consistent PCR results in every well. The RoboCycler systems uniquedesign uses thermal blo...

HotMasterAn innovative Hot Start/Cold Stop technology for better PCR* results

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Achieving Reliable Protein Quantitation Results Using ICAT Reagents, MALDITOF Mass Spectrometry, and Advanced Data Interpretation Tool

A challenge of quantitative analysis of complex protein mixtures using isotope coded affinity tags is to correctly identify and obtain accurate quantitative information for ICAT reagent pairs on a spectrum generated by mass spectrometry. Because MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry can easily generate peptide mass fingerprint profiles and relative quan...

How Best Buy said bye to burnout, hello to results

It's about time. A large corporation with a strong workaholic and face-time culture and without a vested interest in flexible working...

Sale of SecurePipe won't result in Madison layoffs

Ambiron, which serves businesses in the payment card industry, has announced its acquisition of S...

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Experimental treatment for Ebola Virus Shows promising results in mice

Scientists at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, Georgia, have said that an experimental treatment for the deadly Ebola virus has shown promising results in mice. In the study, researchers led by Dr. Manish Gupta took antibodies from the immune systems of mice that had survived infection with the deadly Ebola virus and injected them into other Ebola-free mice...

Abuse in Childhood Could Result In Heart Disease in Adulthood

Abused and neglected children are much more likely to develop ischemic heart disease as adults than children who were not abused or neglected //, according to a new study. Stressful childhoods could lead to self-destructive behaviors such as smoking, drug abuse, and inactivity. This may contribute to the increased risk for heart disease, according to the study. Results show adults who ex...

Study Reveals Better Results in Patients Suffering From Depression.

Patients suffer from various psychiatric disease and they throng the hospitals for treatment. Statistics show that a third of these people // suffer from mental depressions of different levels. The initial results w...

Mountain Biking Results In Serious Injuries

When viewed from the point of view of sport, mountain biking has always been considered safe in the past. But today it has become an Olympic sport, and major injuries have become quite commonplace. //As many as three mountain biking injury cases have been reported by the SAGE Publications, which have resulted in cervical spine injuries, causing tetraplegia which is also known as quadriple...

Measles Resurges Due To Drop In Immunization With MMR

The fall in number of children getting the MMR (combined Measles, Mumps &Rubella) vaccine by their parents has been blamed for the resurgence of measles that has claimed the life of a 13-year-old boy. // In the first three months of 2006 alone it is found that there are more people infected than the whole of 2005. At least 30 children have caught measles in a single outbreak in South Y...

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Elmed ESU 400 Digital Generator I

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Elmed ESU 400 Digital Generator III

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AutoPulse Resuscitation System 100

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PrimeSuite Integrated Practice Management, Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and Managed Care solutions

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BioPro® Uni Knee, Total Resurfacing Preserves Bone Stock

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Point of Care Cardiac Analyzers Yield Rapid Cardiac Marker Results

Clinical guidelines from the disciplines of cardiology and laboratory and emergency medicine have all emphasized the importance of cardiac markers in diagnosing or ruling out acute myocardial infarction. The measurement of cardiac troponins is especially useful in the large fraction of patients presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who have...

Diagnosing Diabetes: Immediate HbA1c Results Improve Glycemic Control

According to the American Diabetes Association, the total annual economic cost of diabetes in 2002 was estimated to be $132 billion, or one out of every 10 health care dollars spent in the United States. A chronic disease with no cure, diabetes is a group of diseases (including Type 1, Type 2, and gestational) marked by...

Cell Therapeutics, Inc. Management to Discuss Today's Announcement of Interim Pixantrone Study Results

SEATTLE, July 11, 2007 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- On Wednesday,July 11, 2007, at 1:30 p.m. Pacific/4:30 p.m. Eastern/10:30 p.m.Central European Time members of Cell Therapeutics, Inc.'s (CTI)management team will host a conference call to discuss today'sannouncement of the interim results of its phase II/III RAPID trialcomparing CHOP-R to CPOP-R, in which pixantrone is substituted fordoxor...

Sygnis Pharma AG announces date for presentation of clinical results

HEIDELBERG, Germany, 11 July 2007 – On 23 July SYGNIS PharmaAG will present the results of the clinical phase IIa study forAX200 (AXIS-study). AX200, a compound for the treatment of stroke, is the mostadvanced drug candidate in SYGNIS’ product pipeline. Theprimary aim of the study is to show safety and tolerability ofAX200 in acute stroke patients. The results of the AXIS-stud...

Phase 3 Results for Dabigatran Etexilate, an Investigational Oral Anticoagulant, Presented Today at the XXIst Congress of the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis

RIDGEFIELD, Conn., July 11, 2007 /PRNewswire/ -- Phase 3 resultsfrom the RE-NOVATE(TM) trial demonstrated that oral dabigatranetexilate once daily, administered for an average of 33 days, wasnon-inferior to enoxaparin, also administered for an average of 33days, in preventing venous thromboembolism (VTE) and all-causemortality after total hip replacement surgery. In this trial, therate o...

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